What do I know about Google Earth and Voice thread? Beforei started this project i didn’t know anything about either of these sights Have I presented material about Google Earth and Voice thread before? No Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity? Yes i understand most of the things that i have to do What skills and knowledge will I be using? I will be using my voice thread and Google earth knowledge. And my computer skills
Identify What is the task?
What do I want to accomplish in creating a presentation? How do I want to interest others in my topic? I would like to finish my presentation and get a good mark. I would also like to make it interesting What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on Google Earth and Voicethread? I will need my laptop, i will need my five places (from new Zealand and international), i will also need information on all of these places,and i will need voice thread and google earth. Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students? The teacher and students will be looking at my work Are there examples of Google Earth and Voice thread posters or materials that I can look at? The teacher showed us a few but otherwise no What are the obstacles? What problems may happen? Google earth and voice thread might crash or they might not be able to save our work
Generate How many ideas can I think of?
List as many ideas as possible.
What aspects of Google Earth and Voicethread interest me? Making the presentation, and pinpointing the places on google earth Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea.
Are there any other subjects to consider?
What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with? My laptop, voice thread, Google earth, Google, What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea? All of my class have to do this so they have different ideas and i am going to show them mine when i am finished
Decide Which is the best idea?
Which are the best ideas? Prioritise the 3-5 best ideas. 1.Talking clearly into the microphone 2.Working together so that we get things done 3.Doing some of the project at home so that we get it finished in time Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea? We think that we should try and get our work finished in time so therefore we will have to do some work outside of class. Also if we work together and cooperate we will get things done a lot quicker.
Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Working together and doing some of the work at home Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal? Working together and concentrating What is my plan? My plan is to work with charlotte so that we don’t end up doing the same things
How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones?
Possible list of steps: ·Research and gather material about my subject. ·Revise material and compose text for poster. ·Create graphics. ·Take pictures. Edit pictures. ·Assemble text and images into poster. ·Review poster and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
TASC Process
Questions to consider
Implement Let’s do it!
Am I making progress through the plan? Yes charlotte and i are starting to make progress Am I doing this correctly? I think so Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. I think that when i get further into the project i will need to but not right now Am I satisfied with the text/graphics/pictures that I have created? Yes i think that the pictures are really cool
Evaluate How well did I do?
Did I complete the task as originally set out? Did I solve the problem? Yes. I solved the problem of not being to save my work and the voice thread presentations. Is the text as interesting or informative as intended? Yes we think so Are the graphics and images appealing? Yes i think that they are interesting if you don’t know what the place is e.g. the Rhine, What have I done? I have made presentations on voice thread and What have I done really well? I think that i did the documentary well Is there anything that stands out as particularly good? I think that the Google earth stands out Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything? I think that the voice thread presentations could be a little bit better but otherwise no. Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the poster ready to be shown to others? Yes. I think i am ready to show others my presentations
Communicate Let’s tell someone!
(You may have answered some of these questions early on during the planning stages.)
Who can I tell? Who is my audience? I can tell my friends, teachers, parents, family, siblings e.t.c. What is the best way to present this to my audience? Probably in like a short speech kind of presentation... How do I interest other students in my particular subject? By telling them about it and making my presentation interesting Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students? I think so
Learn from experience What have I learned?
If I had to start this activity all over again, how would I improve my performance? Would I change my work habits? Would I use a different subject or different design? Would I only make small changes? I would probably make more time at home to do this and communicate more with my partner so that we don’t do the same activities/places How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task? I have learnt more computer skills and to work and communicate with a partner Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information? I have learnt how to use voice thread, Google earth and wikispace more thoroughly than i knew before i started Can I use that elsewhere? Yes i can use it for other projects and maybe when i et older it might come in handy knowing lots of things about these web sights How has my thinking changed as a result of this work? When i concentrated i found out that i got my work done a lot faster and quicker that i did when i mucked around. Also when i concentrated it was done better and with more effort What skills have I learned and developed? To concentrate and use my laptop in a better way Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities? Yes, maybe. What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome? When i got up to the Google earth stage i found out that it wouldn’t save so i had to keep redoing it. But eventually when i got i done in one period i could save it to a folder and i was done. How did I use the strengths of others to help me? If i got stuck i would ask them but if they didn’t know i would ask the teacher.
Google Earth and Voice thread
Part One – Planning
What do I know about this?
Before i started this project i didn’t know anything about either of these sights
Have I presented material about Google Earth and Voice thread before?
No
Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity?
Yes i understand most of the things that i have to do
What skills and knowledge will I be using?
I will be using my voice thread and Google earth knowledge. And my computer skills
What is the task?
I would like to finish my presentation and get a good mark. I would also like to make it interesting
What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on Google Earth and Voicethread?
I will need my laptop, i will need my five places (from new Zealand and international), i will also need information on all of these places, and i will need voice thread and google earth.
Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students?
The teacher and students will be looking at my work
Are there examples of Google Earth and Voice thread posters or materials that I can look at?
The teacher showed us a few but otherwise no
What are the obstacles? What problems may happen?
Google earth and voice thread might crash or they might not be able to save our work
How many ideas can I think of?
What aspects of Google Earth and Voicethread interest me?
Making the presentation, and pinpointing the places on google earth
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea.
Are there any other subjects to consider?
What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with?
My laptop, voice thread, Google earth, Google,
What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea?
All of my class have to do this so they have different ideas and i am going to show them mine when i am finished
Which is the best idea?
1. Talking clearly into the microphone
2. Working together so that we get things done
3. Doing some of the project at home so that we get it finished in time
Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea?
We think that we should try and get our work finished in time so therefore we will have to do some work outside of class. Also if we work together and cooperate we will get things done a lot quicker.
Which idea is the best one for completing the task?
Working together and doing some of the work at home
Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal?
Working together and concentrating
What is my plan?
My plan is to work with charlotte so that we don’t end up doing the same things
How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones?
Possible list of steps:
· Research and gather material about my subject.
· Revise material and compose text for poster.
· Create graphics.
· Take pictures. Edit pictures.
· Assemble text and images into poster.
· Review poster and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
Let’s do it!
Yes charlotte and i are starting to make progress
Am I doing this correctly?
I think so
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan.
I think that when i get further into the project i will need to but not right now
Am I satisfied with the text/graphics/pictures that I have created?
Yes i think that the pictures are really cool
How well did I do?
Yes. I solved the problem of not being to save my work and the voice thread presentations.
Is the text as interesting or informative as intended?
Yes we think so
Are the graphics and images appealing?
Yes i think that they are interesting if you don’t know what the place is e.g. the Rhine,
What have I done?
I have made presentations on voice thread and
What have I done really well?
I think that i did the documentary well
Is there anything that stands out as particularly good?
I think that the Google earth stands out
Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything?
I think that the voice thread presentations could be a little bit better but otherwise no.
Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the poster ready to be shown to others?
Yes. I think i am ready to show others my presentations
Let’s tell someone!
Who can I tell? Who is my audience?
I can tell my friends, teachers, parents, family, siblings e.t.c.
What is the best way to present this to my audience?
Probably in like a short speech kind of presentation...
How do I interest other students in my particular subject?
By telling them about it and making my presentation interesting
Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students?
I think so
What have I learned?
I would probably make more time at home to do this and communicate more with my partner so that we don’t do the same activities/places
How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task?
I have learnt more computer skills and to work and communicate with a partner
Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information?
I have learnt how to use voice thread, Google earth and wikispace more thoroughly than i knew before i started
Can I use that elsewhere?
Yes i can use it for other projects and maybe when i et older it might come in handy knowing lots of things about these web sights
How has my thinking changed as a result of this work?
When i concentrated i found out that i got my work done a lot faster and quicker that i did when i mucked around. Also when i concentrated it was done better and with more effort
What skills have I learned and developed?
To concentrate and use my laptop in a better way
Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities?
Yes, maybe.
What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome?
When i got up to the Google earth stage i found out that it wouldn’t save so i had to keep redoing it. But eventually when i got i done in one period i could save it to a folder and i was done.
How did I use the strengths of others to help me?
If i got stuck i would ask them but if they didn’t know i would ask the teacher.